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Agreed, with the first two points.Against lower team, Matic will be much more suitable candidate to play alongside Pogba & Bruno, his composure and his ball playing on the ball is needed and he's a type of player who is suitable when playing in much more possession. While against team who is not afraid to attack, Scott or Fred will be much more suitable due to their work rate. Fred can also be used against the lower team since he's good on the ball and his awareness & composure have improved this season when under pressure.
You haven't been watching Matic play have you? We have a really solid DM already...For now, it has to be Bruno infront of Pogba and Fred. But Pogba and a really solid DM with Bruno infront would be absolutely incredible. Add a top right mid to that and, injury free and form permitting, we’re title contenders.
Matic has been excellent since our return yeah but he’s not world class. We need a really fecking top DM to shield our average defence and provide the required cover for Pogba to get forward. Matic is still getting on a bit, and isn’t as mobile as say Kante. He’s good but not good enough.You haven't been watching Matic play have you? We have a really solid DM already...
Agree. And if we bring in a good CB we should just play with three at the back (and no pure DM) against better teams. The way we did before the break.Against lower team, Matic will be much more suitable candidate to play alongside Pogba & Bruno, his composure and his ball playing on the ball is needed and he's a type of player who is suitable when playing in much more possession.
This is comfortably the best trio we can put forward. Especially since it almost certainly allows Bruno and Pogba to impose themselves on the match. Fred and McT, as much as I love them both, do not possess the composure and tactical nous of Matic.Matic, Pogba, Bruno
Then you really haven't been paying attention. He's been playing like a world class DM and has been doing it for quite a while (since before lock down). I agree that we need to look to sign a new DM as he is getting on in age, but for the remainder of this season Matic needs to be one of the first names on the team sheet. Especially if we are starting both Pogba and Fernandes...Matic has been excellent since our return yeah but he’s not world class. We need a really fecking top DM to shield our average defence and provide the required cover for Pogba to get forward. Matic is still getting on a bit, and isn’t as mobile as say Kante. He’s good but not good enough.
He's perfect, just needs game time managed, which is perfectly fine as we have McTominay and Fred as midfield depth (as good midfield depth as anyone around IMO). Its short term though. Enough for next season with the hope McTominay can develop more and take over after that and have Garner develop enough to take a big squad role.Matic has been excellent since our return yeah but he’s not world class. We need a really fecking top DM to shield our average defence and provide the required cover for Pogba to get forward. Matic is still getting on a bit, and isn’t as mobile as say Kante. He’s good but not good enough.
Nah, I get where you’re coming from and he’ll do for now but we really need to get an upgrade. It could change our whole team.He's perfect, just needs game time managed, which is perfectly fine as we have McTominay and Fred as midfield depth (as good midfield depth as anyone around IMO). Its short term though. Enough for next season with the hope McTominay can develop more and take over after that and have Garner develop enough to take a big squad role.
Also our defence really isn't average. We have excellent defensive fullbacks and Maguire is an excellent CB, with Lindelof/Bailly very decent as well. We haven't conceded more than 1 goal in a game since mid January, and largely even those we have conceded since that time were goalkeeping mistakes which you can't account for. It took time for them to gel but as a system we have been very good defensively, with the statistics showing it. Really good at restricting chances, restricting balls in the box, less passes into the box, less touches into the box, etc. Everyone will concede goals, and our defence isn't perfect (IMO needs a pacey and more aggressive partner to Maguire instead of Lindelof), but its not a problem area at all. The biggest issue with our defence would be the attacking talent of the fullbacks, but thats a different convo.
Yes me too. I do think Fred has been unfairly rated or his other tangible attributes overlooked here tbh.Agreed, with the first two points.
The 3rd, I like to see it first, Fred playing alongside Pog and Brun. I don't think it has happened or did but not enough convincing minutes.
Is the only correct answerMatic, Pogba, Bruno
This is it for me as well.Poggers, Bruno and pre-lockdown Fred all day long.
U wot m8?McT Fred Bruno
Against poor sides we could afford to have Pogba instead of one of McT/Fred otherwise against decent sides Bruno would have to play deeper to make up for Pogba.
It was an older post. By older, I mean a time when Pogba hadn’t played for a while, and the resentment towards him had built on the caf and a number of posters had convinced themselves that he was basically not good enough to get into our team as an automatic choice. You could have picked any number of posts from the first few pages. In fact, just two or three weeks ago there was another thread like this, and the comments were pretty much the same. ‘Earn his place’ was the phrase then. What’s the point if it literally only took him 10 minutes to ‘earn’ it over all of these ‘have been performing brilliantly for months’ midfielders?!U wot m8?
it’s so obviously Matic, Bruno, Pogba